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Somefearedforbrideandbridegroomyet;andguessAtstrangemischance。”Inthenightcrieswereheard,”
Othershadseensomeshadowsonthewall,inwondrousways。
LivesPascalyet?NonedarestodressThespicybroth,[11]toleavebesidethenuptialdoor;
Andsoanotherhourgoeso’er。
Thenfloatsalovelystrainofmusicoverhead,Asweetrefrainoftheardbefore,’Tistheaoubado[12]offeredtothenewly-wed。
Sothedooropesatlast,andtheyoungpairwasseen,Sheblushedbeforethefolk,butfriendlyhandandmien,Thefragmentsofhergartergives,Andeverywomantworeceives;
Thenwinksandwordsofruthfromeyeandliparepassed,AndluckofproudPascalmakesenviousallatlast,Forthepoorlads,whoseheartsarehealedbutslightly,Oftheirfirstferventpain,WhentheyseeFranconnette,blossomingrose-lightbrightly,Alldewyfresh,sosweetandsightly,Theycryaloud,”We’llne’erbelieveaSorcereragain!”
FootnotestoFRANCONNETTE。
[1]BlaisedeMontluc,MarshalofFrance,wasoneofthebitterestpersecutorsoftheHugueuots。Towardstheendofthesixteenthcentury,AgenwasacentreofProtestantism。Thetownwastakenagainandagainbythecontendingreligiousfactions。
WhenMontlucretooktheplace,in1562,fromTruelle,theHuguenotcaptain,hefoundthattheinhabitantshadfled,andtherewasnoonetobutcher(GascogneetLanguedoc,parPaulJoanne,p。95)。MontlucmadeupforhisdisappointmentbylayingwastethecountrybetweenFumelandPenne,townstothenorthofAgen,andslayingalltheHuguenots——men,women,andchildr